Alan Baylock

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Alan Baylock
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Background information
Born (1967-09-15) September 15, 1967 (age 57)
Ebensburg, Pennsylvania
GenresJazz
Occupation(s)Composer, Arranger, Educator, Bandleader
InstrumentTrumpet

Alan Michael Baylock is a composer, arranger, educator, bandleader, clinician, instrumentalist, and the former leader of the Alan Baylock Jazz Orchestra. He was also the Jazz Composer-in-Residence at Shenandoah Conservatory in Winchester, Virginia, from 2011 until 2016 and served as the Chief Arranger for The Airmen of Note jazz ensemble in Washington, D.C., for 20 years before moving to his current position as the Director of the One O'Clock Lab Band at the University of North Texas. [1]

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Biography

Alan Baylock graduated from Bishop Carroll High School in Ebensburg, Pennsylvania, in 1985. He received a Bachelor of Music Education in 1990 from Shenandoah Conservatory at Shenandoah University, to which he later returned as an educator and Jazz Composer-in-Residence. He received his Master of Music in Jazz Studies from the University of North Texas in 1994, where his arrangements were featured on numerous recordings by the University of North Texas One O' Clock Lab Band. [2]

In 1996, Baylock enlisted in the United States Air Force, serving as the Chief Arranger for the Airmen of Note—the premier jazz band of the Air Force—for 20 years. [3] He also founded and led the Alan Baylock Jazz Orchestra, a Washington D.C.–based professional jazz ensemble that performed across the U.S. for 15 years, during which time they recorded three studio albums. In 2011, Baylock returned to Shenandoah University to serve as the Jazz Composer-in-Residence, [4] where he also taught jazz arranging and jazz pedagogy and co-directed the conservatory jazz ensemble.

In April 2015, Baylock was announced as the new Director of the One O’Clock Lab Band at the University of North Texas and began full-time in the Fall of 2016. [5]

Baylock still travels extensively as a guest conductor and clinician for groups and conferences across the United States. For ten years, he was a recurring faculty member at the National Jazz Workshop [6] and previously directed the NJW All-Stars Big Band. He is an active member of the Jazz Education Network (JEN) where he mentors recipients of the annual Young Composers Award and serves as a guest clinician for the JENerations jazz festival [7] and is the current Texas State Chapter President.

In 2016, Baylock became an honorary member of Phi Mu Alpha through the Nu Psi chapter at Shenandoah University, and in 2017 he was inducted as an honorary brother into Kappa Kappa Psi by Shenandoah's Kappa Epsilon chapter.

Music

Baylock's music has been performed and/or recorded by jazz greats Freddie Hubbard, Jimmy Heath, Michael Brecker, Maynard Ferguson, Doc Severinsen, Joe Lovano, Paquito D’Rivera, Phil Woods, Arturo Sandoval, Slide Hampton, David Liebman, Rufus Reid, Melissa Aldana, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Kenny Werner, Joshua Redman, Nicholas Payton, Sean Jones, Nnenna Freelon, Tierney Sutton, Kurt Elling and many more. His eclectic talents have also led him to writing music for Roy Clark, Lee Greenwood, Wynonna, Al Jarreau, Chaka Khan, Patti LaBelle, Spyro Gyra, Ronan Tynan, and symphony orchestras in the United States and abroad.

In addition to having his music recorded by others, Baylock has produced three critically acclaimed [8] [9] albums with his own group, the Alan Baylock Jazz Orchestra.

Alan Baylock's music is published by Alfred Music Publications and Projazzcharts.com.

Published works

Compositions

Arrangements

Discography

As composer

As arranger

As producer/assistant producer

As leader

As author of liner notes

References

  1. ↑ "Bio". Alan Baylock. Retrieved 2014-06-04.
  2. ↑ "Alan Baylock". University of North Texas College of Music.
  3. ↑ "Master Sergeant Alan M. Baylock". The United States Air Force Band. Retrieved 2017-09-25.
  4. ↑ "Alan Baylock Becomes Jazz Composer-in-Residence". Shenandoah University News. 9 February 2012. Retrieved 2014-06-04.
  5. ↑ "Alan Baylock is the New Director of the One O' Clock Lab Band". Jazz at UNT. Archived from the original on 2015-04-17. Retrieved 2015-04-20.
  6. ↑ "Faculty, Guest Artists, and Staff". National Jazz Workshop. Retrieved September 25, 2017.
  7. ↑ "Jazz Education Network - 2021 JENX Conference" (PDF).[ permanent dead link ]
  8. ↑ Bowers, Jack (4 February 2004). "The Alan Baylock Jazz Orchestra: Two Seconds to Midnight". Allaboutjazz.com. Retrieved June 10, 2014.
  9. ↑ Blanco, Edward (13 September 2009). "The Alan Baylock Jazz Orchestra: Eastern Standard Time (2009)". Allaboutjazz.com. Retrieved June 10, 2014.
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